Christmas Tree Recycling

Now through January 15, you can recycle your Christmas Tree at Springs Preserve.  You can give our community a gift while doing your holiday cleaning.  Visit one of over 20 drop sites, or make time to visit a great Las Vegas attraction by going to Springs Preserve.  Call (702) 822-7700 for locations, or visit www.springspreserve.org.

Over the past eight years this program is diverting more and more trees from the landfill.  According to the National Christmas Tree Association about 25 to 30 million Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. each year.  Here in the Las Vegas Valley, approximately 250,000 real trees are sold annually for the holidays, and only 7% are recycled.

Per Springs Preserve, trees should be prepared as follows:

“The tree must be a cut tree. No artificial trees. Remove lights, wire, tinsel, ornaments, nails, metal rods, tree stands and any other materials that are not part of the original tree. Most of the trees are ground up as part of the recycling process: foreign materials can ruin the chipping machine. Also, non-organic materials are not good for a compost mixture. Flocked trees cannot be recycled. Trees over 5 feet tall should be cut in half.”

By Anne Johnson - Anne Johnson is a mom who also leads a woman-owned architecture and graphics studio focused on integrating sustainable practices into residential, commercial, civic and graphic projects with client-centered solutions. Learn more at Anne Johnson, AIA.